{"cases":[{"alternative_route_blocks":[{"blocked_by_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a4","condition_set_id":"B2","how_blocked":"Qualification and case ownership are distributed across the bench staff; no small group or undocumented workaround carries unusual-case handling."},{"blocked_by_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a5","condition_set_id":"B3","how_blocked":"Staffing remains below the funded ceiling, and each shift has reserved nonproduction time."},{"blocked_by_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a6","condition_set_id":"B4","how_blocked":"The lab has no history of a comparable surprise followed by slow, chaotic, or harmful adjustment."}],"case_id":"E15A031__DIRECT","case_type":"DIRECT_POSITIVE","domain":"Regional clinical pathology laboratory","intended_route_id":"B1","omitted_condition_id":null,"remedy_leakage_audit":"The statement reports observed operating behavior and contextual exclusions without proposing changes, interventions, or corrective actions.","route_evidence":[{"condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a2","intended_status":"SATISFIED","scenario_evidence":"The triage protocol is dependable for familiar outpatient specimens but produces delays and routing errors for unfamiliar specimen combinations."},{"condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a3","intended_status":"SATISFIED","scenario_evidence":"Modest deviations from familiar specimen characteristics cause an abrupt increase in rework and turnaround time."}],"scenario_text":"A regional pathology laboratory uses the same intake and triage protocol for chemistry, hematology, and microbiology specimens. For routine outpatient samples arriving in standard containers with familiar test combinations, the protocol consistently meets its four-hour target. Trouble appears when a sample has even a modestly unusual combination of container type, requested analysis, patient context, or preservation history. At that point, routing errors and clarification calls rise abruptly, and turnaround commonly stretches beyond a full shift. Last quarter, ordinary samples had a 2% rework rate, while samples just outside the laboratory’s usual mix reached 31%. The pattern is not attributable to one indispensable employee: every bench scientist is qualified across the intake stations, case ownership rotates, and no undocumented shortcut is needed to process exceptions. The laboratory is staffed below its funded ceiling and retains two nonproduction hours on each shift. It has not previously faced a comparable surprise requiring a prolonged or damaging recovery.","scenario_title":"Unusual Specimens Overwhelm a Reliable Laboratory Protocol","vocabulary_separation_audit":"Uses clinical specimen, assay-routing, and laboratory turnaround language; it does not repeat the supplied predicates or name the underlying archetype."},{"alternative_route_blocks":[{"blocked_by_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a4","condition_set_id":"B2","how_blocked":"Dispatch decisions are shared by a rotating, fully qualified team using recorded rules rather than specialist heroics or private workarounds."},{"blocked_by_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a5","condition_set_id":"B3","how_blocked":"The terminal normally has unused track capacity and paid planning time."},{"blocked_by_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a6","condition_set_id":"B4","how_blocked":"No previous off-pattern event required a slow, chaotic, or harmful recovery."}],"case_id":"E15A031__TRANSFER","case_type":"TRANSFER_POSITIVE","domain":"Intermodal freight-rail terminal operations","intended_route_id":"B1","omitted_condition_id":null,"remedy_leakage_audit":"The narrative contains only operational observations and exclusions; it neither recommends an intervention nor hints at a preferred corrective program.","route_evidence":[{"condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a2","intended_status":"SATISFIED","scenario_evidence":"The dispatch sequence performs well for the scheduled train profile but fails when arrivals or consist lengths depart from that profile."},{"condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a3","intended_status":"SATISFIED","scenario_evidence":"A small increase beyond ordinary arrival variance produces a sudden jump from brief waits to terminal-wide blockage."}],"scenario_text":"A Midwest intermodal terminal sequences inbound trains, crane assignments, and outbound departures with a dispatch table built around its regular weekday schedule. When trains arrive within twelve minutes of plan and consist lengths stay near their booked figures, containers move through the terminal with little queuing. A relatively small departure from that pattern produces a very different result. Two recent trains arriving eighteen minutes late, each only six cars longer than booked, caused crossing conflicts that trapped three locomotives and blocked both departure leads for nearly five hours. Similar combinations repeatedly turn short local waits into terminal-wide gridlock rather than adding delay incrementally. Dispatch is handled by a rotating group of fully qualified controllers who use recorded rules; no individual has unique knowledge or a private workaround. The site normally keeps an unused receiving track and allocates paid planning time each week. Records contain no earlier off-pattern event that led to a slow, disorderly, or damaging recovery; the present concern comes from recurrent performance measurements and simulations.","scenario_title":"Minor Schedule Deviations Gridlock a Freight Terminal","vocabulary_separation_audit":"Shifts from laboratory work to rail-yard movements, train consists, tracks, cranes, and dispatch timing, providing substantially different surface vocabulary while preserving the selected relations."},{"alternative_route_blocks":[{"blocked_by_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a4","condition_set_id":"B2","how_blocked":"Controllers are interchangeable, decisions are logged, and no private workaround or unusually burdened specialist exists."},{"blocked_by_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a5","condition_set_id":"B3","how_blocked":"The terminal retains unused physical capacity and paid analysis time."},{"blocked_by_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a6","condition_set_id":"B4","how_blocked":"Past disruptions were cleared promptly and without disorder, damage, or prolonged adjustment."}],"case_id":"E15A031__NEAR_MISS","case_type":"ONE_LITERAL_NEAR_MISS","domain":"Intermodal freight-rail terminal operations","intended_route_id":"B1","omitted_condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a3","remedy_leakage_audit":"The case describes measurements, staffing, and incident history without suggesting any remedy or naming a solution concept.","route_evidence":[{"condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a2","intended_status":"SATISFIED","scenario_evidence":"Ordinary dispatch rules remain effective across normal and substantially disrupted traffic but perform worse under truly exceptional combinations."},{"condition_id":"b001_a15_dc_a3","intended_status":"CONTRADICTED","scenario_evidence":"The successful range is explicitly broad, and delay increases smoothly rather than sharply as conditions become more extreme."}],"scenario_text":"Lakeside Intermodal Terminal is investigating missed delivery windows during rare combinations of weather delays, oversized trains, and temporary track restrictions. Its ordinary dispatch rules perform reliably not only on scheduled days but across a wide range of disrupted traffic: arrival offsets up to ninety minutes, consists varying by forty cars, and closure of any single receiving track. Beyond those limits, throughput does worsen, so the rules are less effective under genuinely exceptional configurations. Measurements from twelve exercises and four storm events show a smooth progression, however: each additional constraint adds roughly 8–12 minutes of average dwell time, with no cliff, sudden gridlock threshold, or tightly bounded zone of acceptable operation. Controllers are interchangeable across shifts, all decisions are logged, and investigators found neither private shortcuts nor dependence on a small expert group. The terminal normally has two unused sidings and six paid hours per controller each month for traffic analysis. Earlier storms and equipment failures were cleared promptly, without disorder, cargo damage, or a prolonged adjustment period.","scenario_title":"Freight Delays Rise Gradually Under Extreme Constraints","vocabulary_separation_audit":"Retains the transfer case’s rail-terminal vocabulary and operational complexity while explicitly changing only the breadth and shape of the performance range relevant to the omitted selected condition."}],"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp15_route_aware_retrieval40_20260814","sample_id":"E15A031","schema_version":1}